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David Backes Buyout Results

A David Backes buyout spans 2 years, has a cost of $2,000,000 and savings of $1,000,000. Backes is 36 years of age at the time of the buyout; therefore, the buyout ratio is 2/3. With $3,000,000 in salary remaining, the cost is $2,000,000, and the savings are $1,000,000. Buyouts span twice the length of the remaining years and because there is 1 year remaining in the contract, the buyout length is 2 years. The buyout cap hit is displayed in the Cap Hit Calculations table below.

Retained Salary
This contract was involved in a retained salary transaction. The resulting costs and cap hit are therefore split between each team based on the percentage of salary retained by the respective teams.
  • Boston Bruins: 25%
Buyout Date
Cost Calculations
BUYOUT DATEBASE SALARY REMAININGS.BONUS REMAININGYEARS REMAININGBUYOUT LENGTHAGEBUYOUT RATIOTOTAL COSTTOTAL SAVINGSANNUAL COST
Jun. 15, 2020$3,000,000$1,000,00012362/3$2,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000
Cap Hit Calculations
SEASONINITIAL BASE SALARYINITIAL CAP HITSIGNING BONUSBUYOUT COSTPOST-BUYOUT EARNINGSSAVINGSCAP HITCAP HIT (Logo of the Boston BruinsBOS)
2020-21$3,000,000$6,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$2,000,000$2,000,000$3,000,000$1,000,000
2021-22$0$0$0$1,000,000$1,000,000-$1,000,000$750,000$250,000
TOTAL$3,000,000$6,000,000$1,000,000$2,000,000$3,000,000$1,000,000$3,750,000 (75%)$1,250,000 (25%)